Note: This section describes your first objectives when arriving at Windfall Island in both the Wii U and GameCube versions of the game. If you're already further along in the game, please refer to the detailed D-2: Windfall Island page in the Locations section.

Meet the King of Red Lions -- your trusty new friend and talking boat. After giving you background information on your foe, a man named Ganondorf, you're off to find a sail.

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Your first task should be to get your new boat's Sail. The merchant in the middle of town will sell it to you. But first, you have to rescue his friend, who is locked up in jail. Head to the northwest of the island, near the cliff with the tombstone. Open the door on the wall and enter. Inside, you will find Tingle. Smash the pots in the corner to reveal a switch and open the door.

Note: In the GameCube version, you can get your sail right away. All you need is 80 Rupees in order to buy the sail. There are two counters. You have to talk to the merchant at the left counter to get the Sail. Also, when you free Tingle in the GameCube version, Tingle will also give you the Tingle Tuner. With this gadget (and a Game Boy Advance and a GBA/GameCube link cable), a second player can help you out during your quest. GBA owners can immediately try out the new gadget by playing Tingle scavenger hunt, which is detailed in the Windfall sidequests section.

Once freed, Tingle will give you the Tingle Bottle and Tingle's Map. The Tingle Bottle unlocks the Wii U version's Miiverse feature. It lets you send and receive messages from other players (you can choose all, or friends-only). Tingle's Map tells you how to find Tingle in the future.

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Before you go back to your boat, there is one more item that you can pick up right now. Go into Tingle's cell, push the crate to the side to reveal an opening and crawl inside. Follow the above map above to get through without problems. Beware of the areas of the floor covered with wood (indicated with red on the map). These are trapdoors that land you in the water. When you get to the room all the way to the right, you'll get your hands on the Picto Box.

Check that you've got at least 80 Rupees. If you've followed this walkthrough, you'll have 200 Rupees by now -- if not, there are plenty of spots in this town where you can get money. Just look in all the bushes and smash the blue pots to find cash. When visiting houses and stores, try rolling/slamming into walls to make pots or Rupees drop. And don't overlook small alleys that lead down to a pier or the beach.

Once you've got the money, go to the merchant shown in the left picture below. Talk to him and he'll offer to sell you the Sail for 80 Rupees.

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There's not a whole lot you can do on Windfall Island yet, but you can still talk to all the inhabitants and familiarize yourself with the island and complete the following two tasks:

Play this variation of Battleship and sink all three squids to get a Piece of Heart. The smaller "boats" are often stuck together so don't get confused when you have four hits in a row but you have already sunk the four-part squid. Hit to the sides to make sure. A systematic system that alternates between squares (fire, skip one, fire, skip one, etc). works fairly well. Don't give up. This is a game of chance.

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If you play and win again, you will receive Treasure Chart #7 and thereafter 50Rupees for each win. If you beat the top record, you will get Treasure Chart #23, and after that, 100 Rupee pieces.

Jump onto the Battlesquid stage and look behind the game board for a few hidden Rupees.

You can't complete this entire sidequest right now (for more check D-2: Windfall Island), but you can already get started on it. Go to the schoolhouse during the day and talk to the teacher. After you're done chatting, exit and talk to the leader of the gang of kids outside. The Killer Bees, as the kids call themselves, will hide somewhere in town -- and it's up to you to find them.

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The first kid is hiding on top of the tree at the entrance to the town. The trick to getting him down is to roll into the tree (run forward + A). Once the kid's on the ground, he will run away. Follow him and catch up by performing rolls. The second kid is hiding in the back of the bomb shop. Jump or sidle over there.

The third kid is hiding behind the stone with the Elvis wannabe on the cliff. The fourth kid is up on the walkway next to the town gate -- hiding behind a bush. Chase her down and you will have found all the kids.

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You will receive a Piece of Heart as reward. Go back to the teacher and talk to her once more. You will receive a purple Rupee. Go back out and talk to the kids again. The kids will tell you about the teacher's liking to Joy Pendants. They will tell you that you can find one on top of a tree -- but if you've been playing for a while, you should have more than enough by now. Go back into the school and show the teacher a Joy Pendant. She will give you a red Rupee and tell you that she'd love to have 20 of them. Come back later to continue this quest, detailed here: D-2: Windfall Island

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Video Walkthrough: Windfall Island

Now go back to your boat, equip the Sail to one of the buttons and sail east.